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Alarm system with two-way voice

  • US 7,920,842 B2
  • Filed: 10/12/2007
  • Issued: 04/05/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/15/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of enabling a notification recipient to establish a voice communication session with an alarm system in response to the alarm system detecting an event, the method comprising:

  • receiving data over a wireless data channel, the data being transmitted from a wireless communication module included in an alarm system in response to the alarm system detecting an event, the data indicating the event;

    subsequent to receiving the data indicating the event;

    accessing, from electronic storage, stored information related to rules for identifying a notification recipient, the rules identifying different notification recipients depending on circumstances surrounding the event;

    evaluating the circumstances surrounding the event against the rules for identifying a notification recipient; and

    based on evaluation results, identifying, from among the different notification recipients, a particular notification recipient to be notified of the event;

    based on identifying the particular notification recipient, accessing communication information configured for use in establishing a voice communication session between a mobile device associated with the particular notification recipient and the wireless communication module included in the alarm system; and

    enabling establishment, over a wireless voice channel that is decoupled from the wireless data channel, of a voice communication session between the mobile device associated with the particular notification recipient and the wireless communication module included in the alarm system based on the accessed voice communication information.

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